Bipolar: Wanting It Too Fast

=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <= Hi , How's it going for you today? I hope it's a good day for you. I've been thinking about something, and wanted to share my thoughts with you. It's about what happens when you try to accomplish too much too fast. Think about it. When you try to accomplish too much too fast, you are just setting yourself up for failure, because you'll never be able to do it. It also gets very discouraging for you. Also, if you don't know how long something should take, you can start to think it's taking too long. For example, after an episode. It could take up to a year to fully "fix" the after effects of an episode. Like the financial ruin - you can't fix a bankruptcy in just two weeks! But some people think you can just do it overnight! We don't rush the stroke victim or even the cancer victim, why do we rush the victim of bipolar disorder? Thinking that they should be over an episode after just a week or two is just plain unrealistic expectations. Would we have that same expectation if they were getting over a physical illness? Then why are we expecting it from a bipolar episode? In my courses, I interview people who are success stories, and they talk about how long it took them sometimes to fully recover from some of their episodes, and some of them say it took a whole year, and some even longer! You can read about this and hear about it in the interviews in my courses: SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER? Visit: http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11 SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER? Visit: http://www.bipolarparenting.com HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER? Visit: http://www.survivebipolar.net There are certain things in life that take a certain amount of time to happen. It's just the way it has to be. Think about things in nature. Like the butterfly - it starts off as a caterpillar...then it goes into a cocoon... and only after a certain period of time does it metamorphose into that beautiful butterfly! It just doesn't happen overnight. And if you interrupt it at any point in the chain of events, the whole thing would be ruined! Some things just can't be rushed. Other things just have to take place in a certain order. And still other things have to take place at a certain time. Wanting your loved one who has bipolar disorder to get over their episode overnight is like wanting them to be that beautiful butterfly without going through the cocoon phase! Some things are just worth waiting for. You just have to be more patient sometimes. I know it's hard to be patient sometimes. It was hard for me with my mom, too. But I had to learn to be patient with her as she learned how to manage her bipolar disorder and get over her episode. It didn't happen overnight. It took time. Some supporters also expect their loved one to go right back to being themselves after an episode, and sometimes that just doesn't happen either - that's something else that might take some time. Some family members make this mistake, too, at the very beginning: They think, good, now that they are diagnosed, they can just take a pill and they'll be better. Then they get frustrated when it doesn't happen right away. It takes time even in the beginning to get used to the diagnosis. What do you think? PLEASE POST RESPONSES TO THIS EMAIL BELOW http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/bipolarsupporterblog/bipolar-wanting-it-too-fast/ FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ME Visit: http://www.bipolarcentral.com/testimonials Well, I have to go! Your Friend, Dave ===>> Great Resources For You <=== Get Your Own Subscription To This Newsletter Want your own copy of these daily bipolar emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit: http://www.bipolarcentral.com/register3 Get More Help On Bipolar Disorder Don't forget to take a look through the different programs I've put together... each one is designed to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether you have it or you are supporting someone with it. You can see them all and get the details by visiting: http://www.bipolarcentralcatalog.com View Past Daily Bipolar Emails For F.REE Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails that I have sent in the past and lots of great information for you: http://www.bipolarcentral.com/supporterblog/ Get Audio Information On Bipolar Disorder For F.REE Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give mini seminars designed to teach you information you can't learn anywhere else. http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com

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